Godless Mom in the Bible Belt

Not much to add, but I wanted to wish you and your family a Happy Holiday.

I actually have the 9/11 Commission Report. It's too big and too "everything" to finish. I do believe that the government covered up its own failings and poor intelligence.

I don't know if I have the strength to delve into this stuff.

The truth to September 11 was that America was simply not ready for this kind of attack. The air defence system was set up to detect Russian Migs, not domestic airliners.

The SOP for dealing with a hijacking was to let the plane land somewhere, then negotiate with the hijackers. Never before had planes been used as a guided missle.

NORAD looks out, not in. It may look in now, but that is after the fact.

There was no procedure for dealing with airlines used as guided missles. None. Yea, you can scramble fighers but then what? Shoot down all airliners you see? And who gives the order to shoot planes down? The guy reading a story about a goat to a bunch of kids?

In the 1980s, a man in a small plane landed in Red Square, Moscow. Russian radar did not pick that plane up either. In the 1990s, a Mig from Cuba landed in Key West. Planes CAN slip past radar. Granted, these planes were not as large as a jumbo jet - but do you have any idea how cluttered airspace is? There were thousands of jets in the air when the attacks began, there was some confusion over who was hijacked and who was not.

The government is probably covering up some stuff, that is pretty much a given. But to give the government enough credit to mastermind the attacks, the response, and everything else is just insane.

It is possible that a jet, loaded with thousands of pounds of fuel, could do enough damage bring down a tower. Yea, a skyscraper never collapsed because of a fire before - but then again a skyscraper was also never hit by a modern jetliner loaded with fuel either. A paper fire in an office and jet fuel are not the same thing.

Also, the buildings remained standing long enough for most of the people to evacuate safely. That is testament to the design strength of the buildings.

I am not trying to cover up for Bush, I just think you are trying to give the man far too much credit.

What I said (which is the last comment posted there as of this moment) in the last 'conspiracy' post still stands. And ditto to Lazy Iguana's comment here.